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Definition of Lapilli
1. n. pl. Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragments or particles.
Definition of Lapilli
1. Noun. A sphere shaped droplet of molten lava ejected from a volcanic eruption which falls to earth while still at least partially molten, ranging in size from 2 to 6 millimeters. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lapilli
1. lapillus [n] - See also: lapillus
Medical Definition of Lapilli
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lapilli
Literary usage of Lapilli
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Luigi Palmieri (1873)
"BOMBS, lapilli AND ASHES. THE bombs ejected from the craters are like those ...
With the lapilli, and sometimes without them, the smoke carried a very ..."
2. Saturated Steam the Motive Power in Volcanoes and Earthquakes: Great by Richard Atkinson Peacock (1882)
"Approximate calculations—to propel the lapilli TORS. geographical miles ...
Approximate Calculation of the Weight of the lapilli " the Size of Nuts. ..."
3. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1909)
"... sometimes are breccia; also as lapilli and bombs. Intrusive rocks assume the
form of dikes, sheets or sills, laccoliths, and of other bodies. ..."
4. The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain by Archibald Geikie (1897)
"... and full of small lapilli of minutely vesicular diabase. The larger stones
consist, for the most part, of various vesicular dolerites or diabases, ..."
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